Originally Posted by plunet (Post 34918564)

As airlines start to make announcements for resumption of flights, for Beijing routes does the forum have any insight how many will go to PEK or PKX. How much traffic has Daxing been getting, and is there a strategy how traffic might split between these two airports?

Originally Posted by moondog (Post 34918572)

Isn't it still based mostly on alliance? I guess the alliances have changed quite a bit since PKX opened, there are non-affiliated airlines, and I'd be shocked if CA, at the very least, doesn't end up serving both.

Originally Posted by tailorgiven (Post 34918648)

UNCONFIRMED information on Chinese social media: Chinese Embassy in the U.S. has started re-issuing 10-year L visas to qualified foreigners whilst the applicants’ existing L visas are voided.
Source

Originally Posted by gudugan (Post 34919629)

If you can make your customers pay twice for the same product, why not? :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by tailorgiven (Post 34918648)

UNCONFIRMED information on Chinese social media: Chinese Embassy in the U.S. has started re-issuing 10-year L visas to qualified foreigners whilst the applicants’ existing L visas are voided.
Source

Originally Posted by tauphi (Post 34919774)

It's Q2 not L.

Originally Posted by tailorgiven (Post 34918616)

CA does serve both, but there aren’t any international routes out of PKX, just a handful of regional domestic routes operated by narrow-bodies.

It’s not entirely based on alliances, and pre-COVID arrangements seems unchanged for now, and honestly it’s a bit of mess. BA, DL, AA and AI will return to PKX once services resume, LOT will entirely transfer to PKX in S23. No news on other carriers yet. Of course CZ and MU’s international operations are entirely based at PKX starting last weekend.

Originally Posted by tailorgiven (Post 34917534)

High Speed Rail services between HK and mainland is resuming on January 15. The quota initially would be 5000 tickets both ways per day, and you’re exempt from any form of reservation as long as you’re a ticket holder. In addition to current Futuan, Shenzhen North and Guangzhou South services, there’ll be a new service terminating at Guangzhou East (in the city center) via Dongguan, but further services out of Guangdong isn’t resumed for now. 144h TWOV still isn’t available at West Kowloon.

A note on tickets, Chinese HSR tickets are now completely digitalized. Enter and leave the station with the ID you used for ticket purchase, and there’re machines to print out travel details in case you forget your seat. MTR website’s purchase portal is no longer available and it’ll redirect you to China National Rail’s 12306 portal. You can still use credit cards, and there is an English version of the website and app. You can still but your tickets at the station as before.

Again no news on L-visa validities, and China’s suspended the issue of short-term visitor visas and TWOV rights for Korea and Japan as “countermeasures against unfair and discriminative COVID-related travel restrictions”. Korea did suspend visa applications in China amid the pandemic surge before the country countered back.

A few links on HSR that might be of use:
Resumption Announcement
Ticketing Options
Ticket Availability

Originally Posted by plunet (Post 34923438)

Does the form think that PKX will become the main Beijing airport, with PEK relegated to a secondary role?

Originally Posted by lsquare (Post 34923466)

Can I use US-issued credit cards?

Originally Posted by plunet (Post 34923438)

Does the form think that PKX will become the main Beijing airport, with PEK relegated to a secondary role?